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MikeWaters · 08-21-2007, 07:52 PM

I thought Babs wrote up a long essay on the last Harry Potter. I never read it because I hadn't read the book yet. I did a search and can't find it. Help?

SeattleUte · 08-21-2007, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

I thought Babs wrote up a long essay on the last Harry Potter. I never read it because I hadn't read the book yet. I did a search and can't find it. Help?

I think she put it in Pen and Sword.

MikeWaters · 08-21-2007, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

I think she put it in Pen and Sword.

nope.

Jeff Lebowski · 08-21-2007, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

I thought Babs wrote up a long essay on the last Harry Potter. I never read it because I hadn't read the book yet. I did a search and can't find it. Help?

All I remember is a short and absolutely hilarious post about "spending a day in bed with Harry".

MikeWaters · 08-21-2007, 08:10 PM

Harry is one of the most annoying characters ever created.

A great psychological novelist (aka Tolstoy) Rowling is not.

bluegoose · 08-21-2007, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Harry is one of the most annoying characters ever created.

I'm halfway through reading #5 right now. I have never been more equally annoyed with 2 characters simultaneously in a book - Harry Potter and Professor Umbridge. Its almost nauseating, but I keep on reading. Only 430 pages to go....

MikeWaters · 08-21-2007, 08:20 PM

Harry would have been a completely different character had a man written the book. But the Potter universe wouldn't have ever existed unless Rowling had come up with it.

Here's another thing: how come the origin of magic, or the source of it, was never really addressed. I like the existential thoughts that would arise out of addressing origins.

Jeff Lebowski · 08-21-2007, 08:23 PM

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Here's another thing: how come the origin of magic, or the source of it, was never really addressed. I like the existential thoughts that would arise out of addressing origins.

Rule #1, Mike. NEVER try to analyze a Harry Potter book.

MikeWaters · 08-21-2007, 08:25 PM

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Rule #1, Mike. NEVER try to analyze a Harry Potter book.

I was interested in the Potter universe's conception of an afterlife, and I don't think I am revealing too much to say that she does eventually address this somewhat, which I am glad.

death is the central question that drives religion and philosophy, and it's good she did not ignore it.

il Padrino Ute · 08-22-2007, 01:34 AM

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Rule #1, Mike. NEVER try to analyze a Harry Potter book.

You gotta remember that Mike is a psychiatrist. He can't help but analyze everything.

08-21-2007, 07:52 PM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Babs' post about Harry Potter, final book I thought Babs wrote up a long essay on the last Harry Potter. I never read it because I hadn't read the book yet. I did a search and can't find it. Help?

08-21-2007, 08:10 PM	#5
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Harry is one of the most annoying characters ever created. A great psychological novelist (aka Tolstoy) Rowling is not.

08-21-2007, 08:20 PM	#7
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Harry would have been a completely different character had a man written the book. But the Potter universe wouldn't have ever existed unless Rowling had come up with it. Here's another thing: how come the origin of magic, or the source of it, was never really addressed. I like the existential thoughts that would arise out of addressing origins.